Switch arrangement

Abstract

A switch arrangement for adjusting different positional parameters of a motor-vehicle seat, such as, for example, inclination of the backrest, inclination and depth of the cushion, inclination of the arm rests, etc, which can be operated in a particularly convenient and intuitively reliable manner. The switch arrangements relate the relative position of different parts of the motor-vehicle seat transversely to the longitudinal direction to the position of the control elements within a control panel. The switch arrangement can particularly advantageously be fitted at the hand-supporting end of an arm rest.

1. A switch arrangement for setting positional parameters of a vehicle comprising:
 a plurality of control elements assigned to adjustable parts of a vehicle seat; and  
 a control panel containing said plurality of control elements wherein said plurality of control elements have position and actuating direction which relate to a respective position and adjusting direction of associated corresponding parts of the vehicle seat and wherein said position and actuating direction of a respective control element corresponds qualitatively to a relative position and a relative adjusting direction of the respectively associated parts of the vehicle seat when said vehicle seat is viewed from the front of the vehicle seat and wherein the plurality of control elements are positioned on said control panel to reproduce relative positions of said adjustable parts of said seat crosswise to a longitudinal direction of said vehicle.  
 
     
     
       2. The arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein the control panel with control elements is orientated pointing forwards in a direction of travel. 
     
     
       3. The arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein the control panel has a contour which is curved in a convex manner towards a direction of travel of the vehicle. 
     
     
       4. The arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of control elements are fitted at a hand-supporting end of an arm rest. 
     
     
       5. The arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein the inclination of a seat cushion and seat depth can be set via a common control element (BSK) which can be actuated in two different directions (VTK, VNK). 
     
     
       6. The arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein said plurality of control elements include two separate control elements (VAR, VAL) for independently setting two arm rests (ALR, ALL) are provided. 
     
     
       7. A switch arrangement for setting positional parameters of a vehicle comprising:
 a plurality of control elements assigned to settable parts of the vehicle seat; and  
 a control panel containing said plurality of control elements wherein said plurality of control elements have at least one of position and actuating direction which relate to at least one of a position and an adjusting direction of the associated corresponding parts of the vehicle seat, wherein said plurality of control elements are arranged on a support body which is moveable in at least one direction and wherein a movement of said support body in said at least one direction causes an entirety of the vehicle seat to be adjusted in an adjusting direction assigned in a corresponding spatially obvious manner with said arrangement of control elements on said support body.  
 
     
     
       8. The arrangement according to  claim 7 , wherein the support body (T) is actuated in a first direction (VLS) in order to set the longitudinal position of the vehicle seat. 
     
     
       9. The arrangement according to  claim 7 , wherein the support body (T) is actuated in a second direction (VHS) in order to set the seat height. 
     
     
       10. The arrangement according to  claim 7 , wherein the support body can be actuated by tilting (VNL) about a substantially horizontal axis in order to set an inclination of the backrest (RL). 
     
     
       11. The arrangement according to  claim 7 , wherein the control panel with control elements is orientated pointing forwards in a direction of travel. 
     
     
       12. The arrangement according to  claim 7 , wherein the control panel has a contour which is curved in a convex manner towards a control side. 
     
     
       13. The arrangement according to  claim 7 , wherein the plurality of control elements are fitted at a hand-supporting end of an arm rest. 
     
     
       14. The arrangement according to  claim 7 , wherein the inclination of a seat cushion and seat depth can be set via a common control element (BSK) which can be actuated in two different directions (VTK, VNK). 
     
     
       15. The arrangement according to  claim 7 , wherein the plurality of control elements are fitted at a hand-supporting end of an arm rest.